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Top 5 Social Media Trends For The B2B Marketer

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In this post I will review a whitepaper produced last month by Toolbox.com in conjunction with PJA Advertising + Marketing called “ Top 5 Trends in B2B Social Media Usage: What Every Marketer Should Know “ (registration required) on social media usage. You are most certainly not the only one.

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7 Common B2B Social Media Marketing Mistakes

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Using social media as a direct response vehicle - The reason for much of the success from B2C marketers is that the majority of their products are impulse purchases (i.e. For B2B companies, social media is more about interaction and knowledge sharing (think whitepapers, videos, thought leadership blogs, etc.).

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The 4 Cs of Social Media

Marketing Insider Group

In social media content is not necessarily about creating white papers or videos. It can include 140 character tweets, photos, brief product updates or FAQs. Context: this is important because some traditional marketing assets like white papers or product demos do not perform very well in social media.

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7 Tips For Successful Lead Follow-up

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In my 20 years of marketing, sales and Telemarketing experience I have created many “Tele Web” programs, and here are the top reasons they succeed. One responder can lead us to several opportunities within the company if the discussion we have is centered around the needs and pains of the company and not only one product or service.

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6 Content Marketing Tips That Drives Leads

Marketing Insider Group

Too often we grab the latest product brochure, sales presentation or case study and post it online. Instead create personas of people that buy your solutions or products. Use the key insights from your surveys to create whitepapers on the top pain points. Know your prospects pain points. Know them all. Know how they rank.

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Confessions Of A B2B Marketer

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The “we need a white paper now&# or “let’s pull together a XX&# directives tend to be reactive instead of proactive in many B2B marketing environments. They always saw our new product ideas first, they always helped drive our strategy and when we made mistakles, they let us know.

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Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity

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Related Posts: The New Marketing Accountability Lead Generation Programs That Work B2B Marketing Predictions For 2011 11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail How To Align Marketing With Sales About Michael Brenner Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.